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more on censorship
Last week I wrote a piece in Tablet Magazine about attempts to ban a Canadian middle-grade novel called The Shepherd’s Granddaughter, about [...]
that farshtunkiner test
Josie is anxious about the upcoming New York State third grade English Language Arts (ELA) and math tests. I say [...]
how to be brave to a bully
Josie wrote this last year. The other day she looked at it and said, "Oh man, that would not work [...]
Aetna is not being good.
Look! Look! This is Steven. Steven has cancer. Look! Look! This is a letter from Aetna, Steven's insurance company. Aetna [...]
the final mega-mungo list of the best 100 children’s novels
Betsy Bird over at Fuse #8 finally finished her countdown of the best 100 children’s novels. I’m so sad it’s [...]
hate speech! book banning! canadians! controversy!
So this week's piece for Tablet magazine, about the efforts of some Canadian Jews to have a young adult novel removed [...]